Lewis H. Pounds

Lewis Humphrey Pounds (9 April 1860-16 December 1947) was the borough president of Brooklyn from 1914 to 1917 (succeeding Alfred E. Steers and preceding Edward J. Riegelmann) and New York State Treasurer from 1925 to 1926 (succeeding George K. Shuler and preceding Morris S. Tremaine). In 1932, he was the Republican candidate for Mayor of New York City.

Biography
Lewis Humphrey Pounds was born in Eaton, Lorain County, Ohio in 1860, and he moved to Brooklyn, New York City in 1893. Pounds became a real estate broker and developer, and he served as Brooklyn's Commissioner of Public Works before serving as borough president from 1914 to 1917. He was the only Republican borough president of Brooklyn in history, and he became one of the original six Port Authority commissioners in 1921, later becoming its president.

From 1925 to 1926, Pounds served as the last New York State Treasurer before the office was replaced by that of the State Comptroller. In 1932, he ran for Mayor of New York City following the resignation of Jimmy Walker, but he was defeated by Democrat John P. O'Brien. He went on to serve as a delegate to the 1936 and 1940 Republican National Conventions, and he died in Brooklyn in 1947.